Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Italy"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Italy
Acts 18:2; 27:1, 6; Heb. 13:24), like most geographical names,
was differently used at different periods of history. As the
power of Rome advanced, nations were successively conquered and
added to it till it came to designate the whole country to the
south of the Alps. There was constant intercourse between
Palestine and Italy in the time of the Romans.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Italy
n : a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was
the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD [syn: {Italy},
{Italian Republic}, {Italia}]
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